I suppose that the pre-amplification that this provides is better than just plugging an RCA to 3.5 mm adapter into the microphone jack of the computer. Truth is, I really don’t have an objective way to judge the veracity of the recording. Therefore I’ll focus on the video conversion process. Note that for the wizard to continue beyond this screen the converter box must be attached.

Otherwise, the following screen is displayed.Īfter the converter box is found the wizard asks for the recording time of the video. The transfer will occur in real time, so this is a useful feature if you plan to start the recording and let it continue unattended. We will see later that the recording can be stopped at any time by the user.

This screen allows the input method to be selected. S-video is a standard that separates the color data from the intensity data and should produce superior results (except for B&W, obviously). The unit comes with a composite video cable and this is what most VCR systems that cost less than about $350 new have as an output. From this screen, you can choose the aspect and the sound recording level. Note that the converter box does not include a pass through so unless your video equipment supports broadcasting over multiple outputs the video preview in the screen below will be the only view of the video while you are recording. The window cannot be resized so the video preview window is rather small.

As indicated above, there is a “Stop” button on this screen that will allow you to stop the recording session at any point.

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